Related to that, there are a couple of good things about doing contract work. One is that there will be natural breaks when one contract ends and the next one hasn't started. The other is that contracts end, so I won't be going back to the same job forever. Going from one job to the next won't feel the same as always working in one place.
For a long time, I talked about the possibility that I could retire one day and then continue working, just not with the same level of pay and responsibility, hopefully not full-time hours. And I am slowly realizing that this is exactly what I have done. I am, in fact, retired, my pay is lower, I will probably have breaks without work, and I suspect the work will be easier, or maybe just more interesting.
I checked out some of the benefits of working with Robert Half. They include six (6!) paid holidays each year, but you only get those after you have worked 1,100 hours. Through New Year's Day, they will just be upaid for me. After 1,880 hours, you get a one week bonus, so I guess that's your paid vacation. Medical insurance is expensive enough that we are sticking with COBRA for now. You really are more like an independent contractor than an employee, even though technically you are an employee. On the good side, if I work overtime, I'll get paid extra, so there's that.
Maybe Friday, maybe Monday.
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